Why am I afraid of “tetlos”?| Sadegh Zibakalam, October 6, 2018
I am afraid of butterflies because I am afraid of anger and hatred. Because throughout the history of my country, hatred and violence have not produced anything other than destruction. Democracy has not succeeded in progressing without incitement. Violence may take democracy one step forward at first, but not so long as it takes it two steps back. I am afraid of the rebels because many of them see violence as the only means of change.
Many years ago, there was a tattoo named Mirza Rezai Kermani; Full of malice and malice and hatred for the rule of the Qajars and the first person of the country. So much so that he finally assassinated the “Shadow of God”, the “Sultan of Islam” and the “nail between the earth and the sky” in the shrine of Hazrat Abdul Azim (AS). Mirza’s work was so unimaginable that many nobles came to see the “killer of Qiblah Alam” in Waznjir. Everyone was curious to see the man who had killed “Sultan Sahibqaran”. Some came closer and talked to him.
On the day when Mirza was finally going to be executed, they asked him from this huge group of men who came to see you, did anyone say anything that made you doubt what you did? He replies, “No, I was still doing the right thing, that I should stop the root of oppression.” Then he pauses and continues, “Why Naser al-Molk said something that made me think. He asked me, when you were beating Naser al-Din Shah, did you think that Nader was waiting behind the gates of Tehran to take his place? Naser al-Molk was one of the first Qajar aristocrats who studied history, philosophy and economics at Oxford University in the 19th century. Uzabi’s understanding of the fundamental nature of violence and revolutionary action in bringing about change was unique. Years later, at the height of the constitution, he wrote to Asid Mohammad Tabatabai: “I wish you would train a thousand people to run the country instead of the revolution.” (Sadegh Zibakalam: Tradition and Modernity)
The fact that his speech made Mirza think, indicates that Mirza also had a high IQ, and perhaps instead of following the revolutionary Syed Jamal, if he met the liberal Nasser al-Molk, history would have gone in a different direction. What can be said more clearly is that maybe our revolutionary Tatlovi should think about before the execution? And whether the assassination of the king and violence can cause a change; The thought that Nasser al-Molk, the non-revolutionary compromiser, had reached long ago.
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